How to install onto Gold?

**Leeham991** · July 19, 2009, 10:34 AM

After advice from people to use the BI exe for RS1.5 I decided to install my copy of Gold, but I can't figure out where to install the mod...

Sorry if this is already answered, I did search, but thats never been my strong point x)

**florin80** · July 19, 2009, 10:40 AM

You install it normally in the main rtw folder, not the BI sub-folder.

**Leeham991** · July 19, 2009, 10:44 AM

Ok cool, and that lets me use the BI exe though?

**florin80** · July 19, 2009, 12:13 PM

to play the mod with the BI exe you need to start it via an edited desktop shortcut. I don`t know if the current version of RS provides one for you or you need to do it yourself.

**Beast Within** · July 19, 2009, 01:40 PM

well i have gold i just installed it in my normal rome total war file works fine and it gave me 2 shortcuts one for rtw and then one for bi both work fine however all the rs 1.5 info has gone into the data file for rtw not bi...

but i use bi and it all work fine

hope that helps

**Leeham991** · July 19, 2009, 03:32 PM

Ok, well I installed RS and the icon that came with the mod says "Roma Surrectum w BI" so does that mean that the RS exe is the BI version?

Will I need to run a custom battle and see if people float in rivers?

**Squid** · July 19, 2009, 03:58 PM

Yes that shortcut will run RS with the BI exe.

**Leeham991** · July 19, 2009, 04:33 PM

Cool.

**Brusilov** · July 20, 2009, 03:38 AM

I'd suggest that people don't install to the original RTW folder - simply take a copy of the entire folder and create a new one with the copied files. That new folder could be called RS1.5 (or anything really). This will ensure that you retain a clean workable copy of RTW no matter what you decide to do with your RS install.

If you install to the RTW folder and want to remove the mod you need to uninstall RTW and then reinstall it.

**Leeham991** · July 20, 2009, 09:04 AM

Aye well thats cool for me because Vanilla RTW makes me physically sick to play x)

**Brusilov** · July 21, 2009, 11:25 AM

Yes, but if you install a mod to the RTW games folder and then want to install a different mod you have to uninstall and reinstall RTW each time. You will have to do this when RS2.0 is released as well.

**Leeham991** · July 21, 2009, 02:58 PM

Ya, well thanks for the heads up but I know for sure that I aint gonna be using another mod till RS2 comes out, and then the re-install time is totally worth it

I remember back before I found RS I had about 15 mods on one install. Must have spent at least 4 hours making copies of the game folder x)